Issues ESA Bills Debated in the House. This week, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing on several pieces of proposed legislation aimed at updating and improving the Endangered Species Act (ESA). According to Natural Recourses Committee [...]
Issues IPAA & API Submit Comments on Northern Long-Eared Bat. Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the proposed listing of the Northern [...]
Issues Yellow-billed Cuckoo Considered for Threatened Listing. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed listing over 850 square miles occupied by the yellow-billed cuckoo as critical habitat. In October 2013, the FWS proposed listing the bird as [...]
Issues ESA Reform Bill Passes on House Floor. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act, by a vote of 233-190. As Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and author [...]
Issues ESA Reform Heads to House Floor. Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to take up H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act. This important legislation combines H.R. 4315, H.R. 4316, H.R. 4317 and H.R. 4318 [...]
Issues IPAA Launches New ESA Watch Website. At IPAA’s 84th Midyear Meeting in Colorado Springs last week, IPAA rolled out its new website for its year-old ESA campaign, Endangered Species Watch. By visiting the website, member companies, Hill staffers, and [...]
Issues BLM Limits Land Leasing in Sage Grouse Habitat Region. This week, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a moratorium blocking oil, natural gas, and coal leasing on public lands that overlap with the Gunnison sage grouse in [...]
Issues New Mexico Jumping Mouse to Get Federal Protection. This week, the New Mexico Jumping Mouse was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Jumping Mouse’s historical habitat consists of New Mexico, Arizona and southern Colorado. [...]